UFC Middleweight - 2022

The Middleweight Division in Mixed Martial Arts refers to different weight classes. The UFC Middleweight Fighters generally compete within 171 to 185 lb (77.5 to 84 kg).

UFC Middleweight Rankings 2022
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UFC 243 Whittaker v Adesanya

UFC Middleweight Rankings 2022

On March 1, 2008, the Pride World Welterweight Championship was unified with the UFC Middleweight Title on March 1, 2008, when Anderson Silva defeated Dan Henderson at UFC 82.

The Middleweight Title has been held by the likes of Dave Menne, Rich Franklin, and at UFC 64, Anderson Silva won the title. Silva defended his title against the likes of Nate Marquardt, Rich Franklin, Dan Henderson, Patrick Cote, Thales Leites, Demian Maia, Chael Sonnen, Vitor Belfort and Yushin Okami, while holding onto the belt for a total of 2,457 days, a record for the longest title reign in UFC history. At UFC 162, Chris Weidman defeated Silva to win the Middleweight Title. Weidman's reign came to an end when he was beaten by Luke Rockhold at UFC 194.

At UFC 199, Michael Bisping won the Middleweight Title and eventually lost it to the returning GSP at UFC 217. As GSP vacated the title due to complications with ulcerative coltis, on December 7, 2017, Robert Whittaker was promoted as the Middleweight Champion, having won the Interim Title at UFC 213.

At UFC 243, the interim Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker to win the undisputed UFC Middleweight Championship.

The current champion Adesanya, defended his title against Yoel Romero and Paulo Costa at UFC 248 and UFC 253 respectively.

Current UFC Middleweight Champion: Israel Adesanya [23–1]

Rank	Fighter	Record	M	Win Streak	Result	Last Fight	Next fight
C	Israel Adesanya	23–1	-	3 (5 def)	Win	UFC 276 Jared Cannonier	UFC 281 Alex Pereira
1	Robert Whittaker	23–6	-	0	Loss	UFC 271 Israel Adesanya	UFC Fight Night 209 Marvin Vettori
2 (T)	Jared Cannonier	15–6	-	0	Loss	UFC 276 Israel Adesanya	UFC Fight Night 212 Sean Strickland
2 (T)	Marvin Vettori	18–5–1	1	1	Win	UFC Fight Night 196 Paulo Costa	UFC Fight Night 209 Robert Whittaker
4	Derek Brunson	23–8	-	0	Loss	UFC 271 Jared Cannonier	UFC Fight Night 215 Jack Hermansson
5	Alex Pereira	6–1	-	6	Win	UFC 276 Sean Strickland	UFC 281 Israel Adesanya
6	Paulo Costa	14–2	-	1	Win	UFC 278 Luke Rockhold	TBD
7	Sean Strickland	25–4	-	0	Loss	UFC 276 Alex Pereira	UFC Fight Night 212 Jared Cannonier
8	Jack Hermansson	23–7	-	1	Win	UFC Fight Night 208 Chris Curtis	UFC Fight Night 215 Derek Brunson
9	Darren Till	18–4–1	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 191 Derek Brunson	TBD
10	André Muniz	23–4	-	9	Win	UFC 276 Uriah Hall	TBD
11	Kelvin Gastelum	16–8 (1 NC)	-	0	Loss	UFC on ESPN 29 Jared Cannonier	TBD
12	Nassourdine Imavov	11–3	-	2	Win	UFC 268 Edmen Shahbazyan	UFC Fight Night 209 Joaquin Buckley
13	Dricus du Plessis	17–2	-	5	Win	UFC 276 Brad Tavares	TBD
14	Brad Tavares	19–7	-	0	Loss	UFC 276 Dricus du Plessis	TBD
15	Chris Curtis	29–9	-	0	Loss	UFC Fight Night 208 Jack Hermansson	TBD

How are UFC rankings calculated?

The official UFC rankings are voted on by select members of the MMA media. Their votes are averaged and the rankings are determined on a weekly basis.